Can dogs eat Okra?
Okra（オクラ）
Safe to feed
A slippery vegetable with soluble fiber such as pectin.
26 kcal per 100 g
What kind of food is this?
A vegetable that turns sticky when chopped. Fiber is 5g per 100g and magnesium 51mg — both about twice the average of the vegetables listed here.
Pectin, the source of the stickiness, is a type of soluble fiber. It holds water and feeds gut bacteria, so it has a bearing on stool condition and the gut environment.
Okra's strength is adding soluble fiber in a different form from leafy greens and root vegetables.
When you have these care goals
Gut & stool care — Contains pectin, a soluble dietary fiber.
Nutrition
Okra (per 100 g, raw)
Japan's Standard Tables of Food Composition (8th ed.)
| Energy | 26 kcal |
|---|---|
| Protein | 2.1 g |
| Fat | 0.2 g |
| Carbohydrate | 6.6 g |
| Calcium | 92 mg |
| Phosphorus | 58 mg |
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| Fiber | 5 g |
|---|---|
| Moisture | 90.2 g |
| Sodium | 4 mg |
| Potassium | 280 mg |
| Magnesium | 51 mg |
| Iron | 0.5 mg |
| Zinc | 0.6 mg |
| Copper | 0.13 mg |
| Iodine | 0 µg |
| Selenium | 0 µg |
| Manganese | 0.48 mg |
| Vitamin A | 44 µg |
| Vitamin D | 0 µg |
| Vitamin E | 1.2 mg |
| Vitamin B1 | 0.09 mg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0 µg |
| Vitamin C | 11 mg |
| EPA | − |
| DHA | − |
| Alpha-linolenic acid | − |
"−" means the item is not listed in the source table (it does not mean zero).
In food-energetics terms
In food energetics this is classified as "neutral." It neither warms nor cools the body.
(Food energetics is a long-standing idea of supporting the body through everyday meals. Treat it as one extra hint alongside the nutrition numbers.)
How much for your dog?
Get daily estimates from weight and activity level.